Still Young Inside
Hands worn, warm
Embracing the heart,
Smiles, in eyes – twinkling
Each thought,
Precious gifts from one
Who listens to the still, small voice
The love who abides inside
Where echoes of His light
Silence every doubt, all fear
Wrinkles, gray hair and skin,
Details of a life lived,
Life penciled in lines, haggard
Representations of secrets
Woven through the stitches
Scenes assigning hope
To the heart and grace
To the spirit, the yearnings
Dreams unfolding, imaginations
Reaching beyond the hopes
Into the silence of forever – always
She is 7 years younger than
Her mother was when she left
this world, this place…
pondering the rich blessings
Inspirations promising, in the graying
Hair, the pallid skin and painful
Way knuckles crack and swell…
There is the promise of eternity
Even for the faded youth, the lost
Dreams and the failed past…
There is an eternity with Him,
A Savior who makes a way
Where no way has ever been known,
A way – for the heart to finally come home!
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